Non-refillable bottle



No. 608,879. Patented Aug. 9, |898. A. M. LEGRAND.

NN-REFILLABLE BTTLE.-

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NoN-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 608,879, dated .August9, 1898. Application tiled May 28,1897. Serial No. 638,615. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that l, ANTON M. LEGRAND, of Milwaukee, in the county ofClackamas and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Non-Refillable Bottles; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to non-refillable bottles.

My object is to provide a non-refillable bottle of simple and cheapconstruction which can be readily filled and sealed and the contentsthereof removed at any time, but which, owing to its peculiarconstruction, cannot be refilled without detection.

Having the foregoing object in view, the invention consists of anon-refillable bottle comprising certain improved features and novelcombinations of parts appearing more fully hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation, andFig. 2 a perspective detail view, of the stoppen The numeral 1designates the body of the bottle, and 2 the neck thereof, which isprovided with an inner annular ledge or shoulder 3 in its lower portionand has an upper inner annular groove 4i. The body of my improvedstopper is shown at 5, the same being inthe form of a casing, and withinthis casing there is located a compound curved spring 6, havingcatch-pins 7 secured to its ends and projecting through the sides of thecasing, said pins having shoulders 8 to limit their outward movement.These pins are adapted for reception in the annular groove 1. Thenumerals 9 and 10 designate legs which extend downwardly from said bodyor casing. There is a ring 11 secured to the lower ends of said legs,the same being provided with notches 12 in its periphery. rlhe numeral13 designates an interfering-disk which is secured to the top of thecasing and is provided with perforations. There is a disk valve 15,which is of slightly less diameter than the neck and lies on theshoulder 3, but is adapted for movement between said shoulder and theringa 1t will be observed that the stopper is tapered from top tobottom, and the neck is of similarshape inside. An ordinary stopper 16can be employed in the upper `end of the neck.

After the bottle has been illed the disk valve is placed on its seat.The locking-stopper is then pushed down into the neck, and immediatelyupon the catch-pins coming in alinement with the annular groove the saidpins are forced outwardly by the spring and into the groove, therebysecurely locking the stopper in position. 'The ring will then liesomewhat above the disk valve, so as to permit free tilting movement ofthe same. The ordinary stopper can thenV be placed in the bottle tosecurely cork the same. lVhen it is desirable to obtain lany part or thewhole of the contents of the bottle, the ordinary cork stopper isremoved and the bottle tilted. The fluid lifts the disk valve fromy itsseat and passes through the ring and the notches in the peripherythereof and out through the perforations in the interfering-disk.Immediately upon the bottle being placed in an upright position the diskvalve drops back toits seat, and should an attempt be made to forceiiuid into the said bottle said lvalve will be urged against its seatand the fraud cannot be accomplished. The stopper is locked securely inthe neck, and it will be necessary to break the interfering-disk ifreiilling is to be had. The interfering-disk prevents any instrumentfrom being inserted to lift the disk valve from ofits seat.

It is preferable to make the parts of glass, so that no chemical actionwill be set up in the fluid contained in the bottle. There are manyslight changes which could be resorted to in carrying out my ideaswithout detracting from any of the advantages of the device, and hence Ireserve to myself the right to make all such changes as come Within thespirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is- 1 1. In a nonfreiillable bottle,thecombination with a bottle-neck having inner recesses or pockets and anannular ledge or shoulder below said pockets of a locking-stoppercomprising a body or casing of rless size than the neck, spring-actuatedcatch-pins carried by said casing and adapted for reception in thepockets, an upper perforated interfering-disk spring-actuated catch-pinscarried by said casing and adapted to engage with said pockets, aperforated interfering-disk secured to said casing, legs depending fromthe casing, a ring secured to said legs and provided with notches in itsperiphery, the aforesaid interfering-disk and ring fitting the neck ofthe bottle, and a disk valve seated onashoulder in the neck and Whosemovement is limited by the aforesaid ring.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing Witnesses.

A. M. LEGRAND.

Witnesses:

HENRY RENNER, C. A. LEGRAND.

